What are my options regarding birth controle?

Question

I've been married for 2 years and I have a child. Me and my wife want no more, especially for now. In fact I don't mind not having childern any more for the rest of my life. And I at least want to know all my options before doing any thing.

Answer 1

This is an incomplete list but should be a good review:

Since this is men's health we will start with vasectomy. It is usually safe and pretty effective. It can usually be done in a doctors office, is't very painful, and you can go home the same day. It is difficult and expensive, and often impossible to reverse.

The female counterpart is "getting her tubes tied" which reffers to tying a string around the fallopian tubes tight enough to cut off the blood supply and cause a lesion. It requires surgery although the surgery is much easier on a woman who just delivered a baby. It is erreversible and has very few side effects.

Another method is to put your wife on birth control pills. There is a very low occurence of very serious side effects. It's always revesible, but they don't work if she doesn't take them regularly.
The same hormones in birth control pills are available in weekly patches and shots that you get every three months. The shots can give women irregular bleeding . Now that I think of it I even saw a vaginal insert with the same hormones available.

women can also have an object incerted into ther uterus known as an Itrauterine device (IUD). IUD's can be placed in a doctors office, are safe, and will last for about ten years. They are considered to be one of the most reliable and safest forms of birth control, but some people just don't like the Idea of something itn their uterus. They get a bad rap because some of the early ones were dangerous but they are very safe now.

Barriers are also available like, condoms, diaphargms, female condoms, sponges, cervical caps, etc..., but most married people don't use these.

Male birth control is under investigation and should be widely available in about a year or so. It will probably involve testosterone shots or implants.

Answer 2

You could get a vasectomy, or your wife could have her tubes tied if you are completely sure you don't want any more children. I would hold off on those, as they are more permanent (although they are sometimes reversible).

Your best options are for your wife to take some form of birth control. There's the Pill (in it's many different forms), the Patch (which I do not like), Norplant, and many more. Your wife will have to decide what is right for her and what works best with her body.

But I would truly recommend that you stay away from a permanent solution, at least for right now, unless you are 100% sure that you don't want anymore kids.

Answer 3

You might want to consider hysterectomy or a vasectomy. Both of these will guarantee you will never have kids again. But if you are considering kids sometime in the far future you might want to invest in birth control pills, or the shot. The difference between these is, with the pill you take it everyday at the exact same time, and she will have a period every month. The shot, you do once a month and she will have periods only once every few months. Birth controls work so the body thinks its pregnant, so it will put mucas around the eggs to protect the sperm from fertilizing it.

Answer 4

Condoms or vasectomy.

Vasectomy

A Vasectomy is a birth control method in which all or part of a male's vas deferens are surgically removed, thus sterilizing the patient. Vasectomy should not be confused with castration: vasectomy does not involve removal of the testicles and it affects neither the production of male sex hormones (mainly testosterone) nor their secretion into the bloodstream. Therefore sexual desire (libido) and the ability to have an erection and an orgasm with an ejaculation are not affected. Because the sperm itself makes up a very small proportion of the ejaculate, vasectomy does not affect the volume, appearance, texture or flavor of the ejaculate. Similarly, in females, hormone production, libido, and the menstrual cycle are not affected by a tubal ligation.

When the vasectomy is complete, sperm can no longer exit the body through the penis. They are broken down and absorbed by the body. Fluid content is absorbed by membranes in the epididymis, and solid content is broken down by macrophages and re-absorbed via the blood stream. Sperm is matured in the epididymis for about a month once it leaves the testicles, and approximately 50% of the sperm produced never make it to ejaculation in a non-vasectomized man. After vasectomy, the membranes increase in size to absorb more fluid, and more macrophages are recruited to break down and re-absorb the solid content.

Answer 5

For temporary birth control, you could have your wife go on hormonal birth control, wear condoms every time, use a diaphragm, or have her get an IUD (it's a device that is put into the uterus to prevent pregnancy for between five and ten years, depending on what kind you get). If you decide that not wanting any more is a permanent decision, you could have a vasectomy, or she could have Essure or a tubal ligation.

Answer 6

birth control pills are OK they react to people differently. i am married to and we have a child and i don't want any more kids. i was on them for about 2 years and i gained weight and when i had too many problems i got off of them and now i have some problems that can affect my LIFe style. i try ed i i.u.d and that made me bleed internal had to get off. and i hate condoms. try the shot.

Answer 7

Vasectomy, her tubes tide, condoms, Birth control pills,

Answer 8

Look up your local Planned Parenthood office. They can give you a rundown on all options. Good points/bad points, etc.

Answer 9

Unless your wife is nursing she should get on the pill. All my married friends are on the pill and it works great.

Answer 10

well she can get pun on birth control or use condoms or a vasectomy it is reversible. talk to your doc about a vasectomy it doesnt take away you manhood like most men think. talk to your doc about it s/he will tell you everything about a vasectomy.